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almost all of our pay comes from medicaid and medicare. and so we are dependent on the public payers, what they pay is what we get. that's not the way traditional supply and demand works. we are in a very different world than a lot of the other parts of the health sector. secondly, our framework argues that we have to recognize long-term care work force as a distinct, but related part of the health sector. because every time we work on health care reform, health care work force reform, the eye goes toward hospital and ambulatory and primary work force, the long-term work force for the most part has been an afterthought and we have to and we're beginning to see this with the elder care work force alliance, but specific attention needs to be paid to this long-term work force if we are going to develop this over the next 20 years, particularly with the aging of the baby boomers, where we're really going to see some significant more demand in the future. the third is we have to be responding to new philosophies and models of care. we cannot do
almost all of our pay comes from medicaid and medicare. and so we are dependent on the public payers, what they pay is what we get. that's not the way traditional supply and demand works. we are in a very different world than a lot of the other parts of the health sector. secondly, our framework argues that we have to recognize long-term care work force as a distinct, but related part of the health sector. because every time we work on health care reform, health care work force reform, the eye...
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it cuts half a trillion dollars for medicare. [unintelligible] review mandates to make sure we do not have [unintelligible] we can do better with the plan we have. >> we can agree to disagree but let's be clear on the facts. you cannot distort my record and i will be accurate about yours. i have not proposed any new taxes except for those on the wealthiest 2% of the country. that is all i have ever talked about. let's be clear. what i propose is going forward to make sure we cannot afford for health care. it is 8% to 10% a year going up. >> you are in favor of cap and trade. >> it is not a tax. >> our favorin -- you are in favor of the tax cuts coming back. the tax credits are coming back. i am sorry. >> i hear you talkinhg about tax cuts to create jobs. the importance of that. there is the second issue. that is the deficits. the truth of the matter is over the horizon are these massive deficits. we have 1.4 trillion dollars now but every year, the amount is one trillion dollar -- $1 trillion more. >> the answer here is i have be
it cuts half a trillion dollars for medicare. [unintelligible] review mandates to make sure we do not have [unintelligible] we can do better with the plan we have. >> we can agree to disagree but let's be clear on the facts. you cannot distort my record and i will be accurate about yours. i have not proposed any new taxes except for those on the wealthiest 2% of the country. that is all i have ever talked about. let's be clear. what i propose is going forward to make sure we cannot afford...
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then you head medicare fraud -- then you haadd medicare fraud. çwe're not at $340 billion -- e are now at $340 billion. none of which are in the bill. next come up over here. -- next, over here. >> i have two questions. what is the coverage for prosthetics in this bill? if the bill was passed and we " the democrats out and give the power back to the republicans, are you willing to spearhead the removal of this walk and repeal what -- the removal of this law and repeal it? >> i will be happy to -- if you could contact connie. see this young lady? we will try to get you an answer. if this bill passes, the soonest it can be reversed its 2015, which means it will not be reversed. you have to get past 2012 end date veto the will require 67 votes in the senate -- and a veto that it will require 67 votes in the senate. right down here. blue shirt. >> thank you, senator. i have two questions. internationally, the president seems willing to turn our economy to a global agend -- >> i am not sure i agree with your assumption. i am not happy with some of t
then you head medicare fraud -- then you haadd medicare fraud. çwe're not at $340 billion -- e are now at $340 billion. none of which are in the bill. next come up over here. -- next, over here. >> i have two questions. what is the coverage for prosthetics in this bill? if the bill was passed and we " the democrats out and give the power back to the republicans, are you willing to spearhead the removal of this walk and repeal what -- the removal of this law and repeal it? >>...
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medicare may be not the best in the world. the british -- the bush administration did not do nothing. >> let me answer your first comment. i practice medicine 6:00 the morning until 9:00. >> that is not good. >> the problems we have should take a full-time senator. >> let me tell you something, i worked 20 more hours than you do a week. if i practiced three hours of medicine on my own time, when you are in bed, that should not be a problem with you. [applause] this is the thing about me practicing medicine. the positive thing about me practicing medicine is that it to reconnect me with real people, not politicians and lobbyists. [applause] and i get to see real problems of real people that i get in my mind. so when i am in washington, it is not an esoteric. it is about real people. one of the things that our founders thought and believed and wrote was that we ought to have a citizen legislators, not a career professional legislators. [applause] as to your second point, bush did not create the oil industry problems. >> [unintel
medicare may be not the best in the world. the british -- the bush administration did not do nothing. >> let me answer your first comment. i practice medicine 6:00 the morning until 9:00. >> that is not good. >> the problems we have should take a full-time senator. >> let me tell you something, i worked 20 more hours than you do a week. if i practiced three hours of medicine on my own time, when you are in bed, that should not be a problem with you. [applause] this is...
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last year, medicare expenditures that were built in the state of florida were $96 billion, but medicare only paid $25 billion. that is in large part because of the efforts of everyone at this table. >> are we running out of time? i know our panelists will be around for a local wild. -- for a little while. >> i will take a look at some of these questions and see what i can edit or what is appropriate. i am ensure -- i am not sure we have that much time. i will shoot for one where the writing is clear. [laughter] how are cms career intermediaries involved in the process? >> one is through our work miami field office. we have staff on the ground in miami. one way is helping them understand the things we are seeing, debtor perspective so they know where potential leads might be developing. >> will cms outsource the fraud scoring? >> i am not quite sure what they mean, but we do use outside contractors to assist us. >> several panelists have mentioned that some of the beneficiaries themselves are involved in medicare fraud. what steps are being taken with respect to them to flag those indivi
last year, medicare expenditures that were built in the state of florida were $96 billion, but medicare only paid $25 billion. that is in large part because of the efforts of everyone at this table. >> are we running out of time? i know our panelists will be around for a local wild. -- for a little while. >> i will take a look at some of these questions and see what i can edit or what is appropriate. i am ensure -- i am not sure we have that much time. i will shoot for one where the...
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you don't cut medicare put the cost on the backs of seniors. everything about this bill is wrong-headed that's why i think the american people are going to reject those that are sponsors of it. >> greta: we've had the discussion many times here on the record i said people think this bill is lousy, say next november in the midterm elections, i suppose two years later the voters will take it out on those who voted for. here's the problem, he will have the bill at that point unless we try to make it better now. do you have any recommendation to try to fix it, pervade -- persuade some of your ideas into this new bill or are we stuck with what is handed us? >> as we are invited to sit at the table with democrats and do it properly. there's been a lot learned, problems to avoid, tunes that exist. there's a real need for health care reform in this country that isn't what is going on now this is about politics not about helping the american people with a better health care bill many if people are serious about focusing on health care and improving it w
you don't cut medicare put the cost on the backs of seniors. everything about this bill is wrong-headed that's why i think the american people are going to reject those that are sponsors of it. >> greta: we've had the discussion many times here on the record i said people think this bill is lousy, say next november in the midterm elections, i suppose two years later the voters will take it out on those who voted for. here's the problem, he will have the bill at that point unless we try to...
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medicare and medicaid are a massive problem down the road. that is going to be what our children have to worry about. paul's approach, i want to be careful to not simplify this because i know you have a lot of detail in your plan, but i understand it to say that we will provide doctors of some sort for current medicare recipients at the current level. 55 and over. there is a grandfathering in for future beneficiaries. i just want to point out that i have read it. the basic idea is that at some point, we hold medicare costs per recipient constant as a way of making sure that it does not go way out of black. i am sure there are some details -- we hold medicare costs per recipient constant as a way of making sure that it does not have things going out of wahack. it has to be reformed for the younger generations because it is going bankrupt. why not give people the same health care plan we have in congress? that is the kind of proposal of reform for medicare -- [applause] >> as i have said before, this is an entirely legitimate proposal. the prob
medicare and medicaid are a massive problem down the road. that is going to be what our children have to worry about. paul's approach, i want to be careful to not simplify this because i know you have a lot of detail in your plan, but i understand it to say that we will provide doctors of some sort for current medicare recipients at the current level. 55 and over. there is a grandfathering in for future beneficiaries. i just want to point out that i have read it. the basic idea is that at some...
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they're more, i don't think they believe medicare part d was a good bill. if they did, granting them the premise, they were dead right on how they did it. it is a lesson democrats should learn. >> i want to ask each of you -- i think that -- passing this bill probably is the biggest political impediment on capitol hill are those in the more moderate or conservative districts, the, so called blue dogs. i don't mean to suggest they're the only impediment, they're -- there are folks on left and right who have concerns about the process that we thought is the pathway to get this done. i think at the end of the day, it is the blue dogs going to be the last and probably the most difficult to come over and vote for this bill. assess their interests and how you would speak to those interests. so, i don't know who wants to go first on that one. >> well, obviously, the number one issue for the blue dogs, other than surviving in november, they're -- the substantive issue for them on health reform is bending the curve by a margin. and some way out of the -- the fiscal
they're more, i don't think they believe medicare part d was a good bill. if they did, granting them the premise, they were dead right on how they did it. it is a lesson democrats should learn. >> i want to ask each of you -- i think that -- passing this bill probably is the biggest political impediment on capitol hill are those in the more moderate or conservative districts, the, so called blue dogs. i don't mean to suggest they're the only impediment, they're -- there are folks on left...
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medicare may be not the best in the world. the british -- the bush administration did not do nothing. >> let me answer your first comment. i practice medicine 6:00 the morning until 9:00. >> that is not good. >> the problems we have should take a full-time senator. >> let me tell you something, i worked 20 more hours than you do a week. if i practiced three hours of medicine on my own time, when you are in bed, that should not be a problem with you. [applause] this is the thing about me practicing medicine. the positive thing about me practicing medicine is that it to reconnect me with real people, not politicians and lobbyists. [applause] and i get to see real problems of real people that i get in my mind. so when i am in washington, it is not an esoteric. it is about real people. one of the things that our founders thought and believed and wrote was that we ought to have a citizen legislators, not a career professional legislators. [applause] as to your second point, bush did not create the oil industry problems. >> [unintel
medicare may be not the best in the world. the british -- the bush administration did not do nothing. >> let me answer your first comment. i practice medicine 6:00 the morning until 9:00. >> that is not good. >> the problems we have should take a full-time senator. >> let me tell you something, i worked 20 more hours than you do a week. if i practiced three hours of medicine on my own time, when you are in bed, that should not be a problem with you. [applause] this is...
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funding since medicare was created, the medicare rt prescription program? >> that's right. >> was that the largest increase in medicare entitlement spending since medicare had been created to? >> yes, i think that was the largest increase, not is a the number seven increase over time based on the cost of providing benefits already written into law. in terms of the expansion of benefits, that was a very significant expansion, and it was and acted without any particular means of paying for it being identify. >> in fact, it was asked without being paid for at all, is that correct? >> yes, congressman. >> all that money was borrowed in effect. do you know how much of a tenured -- what does the part d prescription program? >> that's a good question. >> can someone give me a ballpark? 10 years from the time it was passed. what did 10 year cost? [inaudible] >> i'm not sure, congressman. the actual cost is coming below cbo's estimate, even for the below the as that of the office of the actuary at the centers for medicare medicaid services. but still a substantial a
funding since medicare was created, the medicare rt prescription program? >> that's right. >> was that the largest increase in medicare entitlement spending since medicare had been created to? >> yes, i think that was the largest increase, not is a the number seven increase over time based on the cost of providing benefits already written into law. in terms of the expansion of benefits, that was a very significant expansion, and it was and acted without any particular means of...
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medicare advantage is a private program. they do not see themselves as a direct recipients. >> how can that be? [laughter] Ñi>> when the medicare point -- plan was set up, it tried to preserve the professional autonomy of doctors and hospitals and people view it that way. >> is a wonder. >> go ahead. >> i am mr. kaplan. no mention has been made of the employer-employee relationship and so much of the medical costs are the employee having an exclusion from income of the cost of plans paid by the employer. now at one time, these costs paid by the employer or taxes. -- were taxes. back in world war ii, when there was great price control and a shortage of labor, great pressure was put on the internal revenue service to come out with a ruling which excluded this from income. it was rather strange. because if the employer paid for your food or your clothing, that would all be taxed. but health care was taken out. that was a way of really attracting more labor back into the market. now what do you think the impact on costs would b
medicare advantage is a private program. they do not see themselves as a direct recipients. >> how can that be? [laughter] Ñi>> when the medicare point -- plan was set up, it tried to preserve the professional autonomy of doctors and hospitals and people view it that way. >> is a wonder. >> go ahead. >> i am mr. kaplan. no mention has been made of the employer-employee relationship and so much of the medical costs are the employee having an exclusion from income...
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they gave us social security and medicare and workers' rights and a long series of legislative victories which in my view has substantially improved the quality of living. >> host: thank you. michelle malkin? >> guest: well, i don't define the success of a party or the gauge its effect on americans' lives by what it has given legislatively. and i think is a core fundamental belief of my and i think a party that has improved my life is a party that leaves me alone, that has constrained the power of government to interfere in our lives, and unfortunately, and i've been very vocal about this, i think the republican party has failed to live up to its core conservative principles and so many ways. this was -- this was the battle so many grassroots conservatives had with the bush administration over the years whether it was the expansion of the federal role in education with a note child left behind act, the prescription drug plan, the pushing illegal alien amnesty and then the last several months of the bush tenure doing what i consider was pre-socializing the economy for barack obama with th
they gave us social security and medicare and workers' rights and a long series of legislative victories which in my view has substantially improved the quality of living. >> host: thank you. michelle malkin? >> guest: well, i don't define the success of a party or the gauge its effect on americans' lives by what it has given legislatively. and i think is a core fundamental belief of my and i think a party that has improved my life is a party that leaves me alone, that has...
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the trustees of medicare say that medicare will go broke in eight years. social security will take somewhat longer. but both are on a path to insolvency if we fail to act. mr. president, it hasn't just been from the more liberal side of the spectrum that the criticism has come. also on the right. "the wall street journal," ran this editorial calling the debt reduction commission or the deficit commission a trap. they say it is a trap that will lead to higher taxes, to more revenue. so on the left and the right we have those complaining that if you move forward to deal with the debt, you're going to make reductions in programs and you're goi i think that's undeniably the case. if you're going to deal with this debt threat, we are going to have to make changes in the spending prowewewewewe are goine changes in the revenue base of the country. i would suggest for those who are concerned about tax increases, the first place to get more revenue is not with the tax increase. the first place to get more revenue is to collect what's actually owed. if you examine t
the trustees of medicare say that medicare will go broke in eight years. social security will take somewhat longer. but both are on a path to insolvency if we fail to act. mr. president, it hasn't just been from the more liberal side of the spectrum that the criticism has come. also on the right. "the wall street journal," ran this editorial calling the debt reduction commission or the deficit commission a trap. they say it is a trap that will lead to higher taxes, to more revenue. so...
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the same is true of medicare. medicare is cash negative today, and the trustees tell us it will be bankrupt in 2017. eight years -- seven years now from today. mr. president, let me just conclude by saying we've heard over and over people come to the floor and say we know we've got a problem. how do we deal with it? i would suggest to my colleagues, trying what we've been doing is a proven failure. it is time for something different. it is time for an attempt that brings both sides together, republicans and democrats, with an assurance that the recommendations of the commission come to a vote to face up to this debt threat. mr. president and colleagues, make no mistake, this country confronts one of the greatest economic challenges in our nation's history. the question before us today is do we have the courage to stand up to it? and i know groups on the right and the left are right now calling our colleagues, asking them to vote "no." groups on the right saying, well, this could lead to more revenue. groups on the
the same is true of medicare. medicare is cash negative today, and the trustees tell us it will be bankrupt in 2017. eight years -- seven years now from today. mr. president, let me just conclude by saying we've heard over and over people come to the floor and say we know we've got a problem. how do we deal with it? i would suggest to my colleagues, trying what we've been doing is a proven failure. it is time for something different. it is time for an attempt that brings both sides together,...
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i am 67 years old, on medicare select. after the first of the year michael fay went up substantially, even though my primary source of income, social security, was stagnant. they're going backwards. host: thank you for their -- thank you for the call. more from "the baltimore sun." "democrats are able to omit time consuming steps in the senate and prevent republicans from trying to delay the final negotiations. under senate rules, three separate votes are required before negotiators for the two houses may hold a formal meeting. while the three normally are agreed to within seconds, each may be filibustered, and democrats would then have to produce 60 votes to cut off debate. additionally, republicans would have the right to demand votes on nine -- non-bindingñr proposs wants negotiators for the two houses were appointed. that could, in turn, required democrats to vote on political controversies such as wiping out the legislation proposed cuts in medicare, which easily be turned into attack ads in next fall's campaign." bi
i am 67 years old, on medicare select. after the first of the year michael fay went up substantially, even though my primary source of income, social security, was stagnant. they're going backwards. host: thank you for their -- thank you for the call. more from "the baltimore sun." "democrats are able to omit time consuming steps in the senate and prevent republicans from trying to delay the final negotiations. under senate rules, three separate votes are required before...
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social security and medicare? caller: we have to, absolutely. this is where term limits would be very effective. these politicians are now so beholden to their special interests that they cannot tackle those issues because they are afraid they will live get reelected. we have to give the president the line-item veto. i would like to have the president with just 16-year term as well. without term limits, we are putting it on congress. if they do not keep the budget within a certain ratio of the gross national product or whenever they have to do, they cannot run for reelection. just like state governments, they have to balance the budget and if they cannot, we will not re-elect them. host: we will leave it there. jack, in the pan and line. caller: i know the the washington culture needs to change, if you see a building burning you do not ask if we need to put it out. but a couple of comments about fair and balanced. c-span is great. i am wondering how people are talking about the lack of the merits here. what i would like to say is there was a cal
social security and medicare? caller: we have to, absolutely. this is where term limits would be very effective. these politicians are now so beholden to their special interests that they cannot tackle those issues because they are afraid they will live get reelected. we have to give the president the line-item veto. i would like to have the president with just 16-year term as well. without term limits, we are putting it on congress. if they do not keep the budget within a certain ratio of the...
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medicare pays between 80% and 90% of the costs. and the rest of the costs are shifted to private health insurers, meaning people out in private businesses are actually getting taxed again. and what congressman thompson was talking about, another thing that's left out this particular plan that's really unfair is that you're not even putting in the so-called doctor fix. now, let me explain that to the viewing public out there that there is in 1997 there was a plan, a bill passed here called the sustainable growth rate, how medicare pays the physicians. and what happened was that there was supposed to be cuts every year. and this year there was supposed to be a 21% cut to physicians, which if that happens, nobody's going to be able to see a medicare patient. and that's not even in here. it's over a $200 billion price tag that's not even listed in this current $1 trillion price tag. mr. akin: will the gentleman yield for a question? so that statistic -- mr. thompson: will the gentleman yield for a question? so that statistic, that reim
medicare pays between 80% and 90% of the costs. and the rest of the costs are shifted to private health insurers, meaning people out in private businesses are actually getting taxed again. and what congressman thompson was talking about, another thing that's left out this particular plan that's really unfair is that you're not even putting in the so-called doctor fix. now, let me explain that to the viewing public out there that there is in 1997 there was a plan, a bill passed here called the...
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greatest achievement -- the new deal, the great society, the civil rights movement, social security, medicare, the minimum wage, the 40 hour week, the civil rights act, and the voting rights act. that is what made the united states a beacon of hope in a confused and divided world. but too many people now take for granted government's role as protector of wall street and privileged -- and the privileged. the see middle-class americans as overpaid and underworked. they see social security as a problem rather than the only piece of our retirement system that actually works. they feel sorry for homeless people, but fail to see the connections between downsizing and outsourcing and inequality and homelessness. this world view has brought democrats nothing but disaster. the republicans' response is to offer the middle-class the false hope of tax cuts. tax cuts and enriching the rich, devastating the middle-class by destroying the institutions like public education and social security that make the middle- class possible. are you trying to tell me something? >> we're now into the question and answer
greatest achievement -- the new deal, the great society, the civil rights movement, social security, medicare, the minimum wage, the 40 hour week, the civil rights act, and the voting rights act. that is what made the united states a beacon of hope in a confused and divided world. but too many people now take for granted government's role as protector of wall street and privileged -- and the privileged. the see middle-class americans as overpaid and underworked. they see social security as a...
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the current health care system has led to skyrocketing costs in medicare and medicaid. to recuse those -- reduce those costs for the long run, we need to pass comprehensive health care reform. that's the first step to get the excessive deficits under control, and that's exactly what we're doing. in late december, the senate passed health care reform, and according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, our health care reform bill reduced federal deficits by $132 billion in the first ten years. that is -- let me say it again. according to the c.b.o., this health care legislation will reduce federal deficits by by $132 billion in the first ten years. not increase, but reduce. that helps. the bill would reduce federal deficits by $650 billion to to $1.3 trillion the second ten years. that is, the second ten years, there is a much greater reduction in deficit spending, according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, a reduction between $650 billion to $1.3 trillion reduction in federal deficits in the second ten years. and this deficit reduction is likely
the current health care system has led to skyrocketing costs in medicare and medicaid. to recuse those -- reduce those costs for the long run, we need to pass comprehensive health care reform. that's the first step to get the excessive deficits under control, and that's exactly what we're doing. in late december, the senate passed health care reform, and according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, our health care reform bill reduced federal deficits by $132 billion in the first...
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the medicare advantage program the medicare part "d" program and those in the netherlands and switzerland and arguably in germany also exchanged -- contain elements of health insurance exchange. the connecticut business and industry association represented here by mr. vogel today represents a successful private purchasing cooperative. while each of these models can be called an exchange, they are in fact, quite different. indeed the models represented by the house and senate bills are different in very significant ways. the focus of my paper and my brief presentation this morning is how the house and senate bills differ and which model is most likely to result in the exchange that serves the best the goals that an exchange is intended to fulfill. first, let me ask you the question why do we need an exchange? what do we expect an exchange to accomplish for us that? it is intended to play a number of roles in health care reform. sarah briefly went over this, but let me do it again. first, it is expected to be the lowest of managed competition among health insurance plans. it is hoped that t
the medicare advantage program the medicare part "d" program and those in the netherlands and switzerland and arguably in germany also exchanged -- contain elements of health insurance exchange. the connecticut business and industry association represented here by mr. vogel today represents a successful private purchasing cooperative. while each of these models can be called an exchange, they are in fact, quite different. indeed the models represented by the house and senate bills are...
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medicare did until just last few years. those surpluses are being spent in our discretionary account. so, really, these programs have little to do with our record deficits. it's discretionary spending up until recently that's driven the entirety of our debt. deficits, for the most part, come from discretionary spending. mr. president, so this statutory idea that i've proposed is tested and proven. the budget enforcement act of 1990, including very similar provisions that kept the growth of the federal spending low for 12 years. its provisions were extended in 1997 because people found that it was working. the congress felt that it was working. all in all these budget rules helped to achieve four balanced budgets for four consecutive years from 1998 to 2001. and the key component of that, i truly believe, was the statutory caps on spending that were passed during that opinion. many current serving senators were in this chamber in the 1990's, and recognized the necessity. in 1997, 28 currently serving democrats, for example,
medicare did until just last few years. those surpluses are being spent in our discretionary account. so, really, these programs have little to do with our record deficits. it's discretionary spending up until recently that's driven the entirety of our debt. deficits, for the most part, come from discretionary spending. mr. president, so this statutory idea that i've proposed is tested and proven. the budget enforcement act of 1990, including very similar provisions that kept the growth of the...
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that might be -- it might be the florida exemption for medicare advantage or the $11 billion in clinics in maine or the louisiana purchase or it might be exemptions from executive pay controls in big phrma, it could be anything. it will add and add and add over on this side until all of this no political capital, all who knew it was a bad idea what it began, enough has moved to the plus side, to neutral, where if you put that final little weight on the skile, i like to call it the straw that breaks the camel's back, clink, it goes over this way. now there's enough support to pass a bill and that's when they ram it through and they don't let you up for air because they're afraid they'll lose votes . when that little moment comes, when they think they've got the votes, it comes through and that's why, that's why the united states senate was doing business for three constant weeks without a break and that's why they were doing business on christmas eve, to pass socialized medicine, with the 60-40 majority on december 24, christmas eevek, because they finally stacked the scales to the point
that might be -- it might be the florida exemption for medicare advantage or the $11 billion in clinics in maine or the louisiana purchase or it might be exemptions from executive pay controls in big phrma, it could be anything. it will add and add and add over on this side until all of this no political capital, all who knew it was a bad idea what it began, enough has moved to the plus side, to neutral, where if you put that final little weight on the skile, i like to call it the straw that...
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medicare may be not the best in the world. the british -- the bush administration did not do nothing. >> let me answer your first comment. i practice medicine 6:00 the morning until 9:00. >> that is not good. >> the problems we have should take a full-time senator. >> let me tell you something, i worked 20 more hours than you do a week. if i practiced three hours of medicine on my own time, when you are in bed, that should not be a problem with you. [applause] this is the thing about me practicing medicine. the positive thing about me practicing medicine is that it to reconnect me with real people, not politicians and lobbyists. [applause] and i get to see real problems of real people that i get in my mind. so when i am in washington, it is not an esoteric. it is about real people. one of the things that our founders thought and believed and wrote was that we ought to have a citizen legislators, not a career professional legislators. [applause] as to your second point, bush did not create the oil industry problems. >> [unintel
medicare may be not the best in the world. the british -- the bush administration did not do nothing. >> let me answer your first comment. i practice medicine 6:00 the morning until 9:00. >> that is not good. >> the problems we have should take a full-time senator. >> let me tell you something, i worked 20 more hours than you do a week. if i practiced three hours of medicine on my own time, when you are in bed, that should not be a problem with you. [applause] this is...
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think working people who have it too good, too much health care, too much social security, too much medicare, too much power on the job, are actually inviting a repeat of 1994. [applause] >> our country cannot stand that. president obama said in his inaugural address the state of the economy calls for action, a bold and swift and we will act in not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation. but now is the time to make good on those. for congress, president obama and the american people. we have some ideas with those people can do on the weekend if they don't believe us. go sit with the unemployed, talk to college students looking at tuition hikes and laid off professors and new jobs a graduation, talk to workers whose jobs are being far short and ask what these americans think about their future and ask them what they think of wall street, health insurance companies and big banks. ask them if they wanted government deficits in partnership with those folks for a government that stands up for working people. think about the great promise of america and the great legacy we have inheri
think working people who have it too good, too much health care, too much social security, too much medicare, too much power on the job, are actually inviting a repeat of 1994. [applause] >> our country cannot stand that. president obama said in his inaugural address the state of the economy calls for action, a bold and swift and we will act in not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation. but now is the time to make good on those. for congress, president obama and the american...
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and medicare advantage coverage. that's why we shouldn't be rushing to judgment on the health care bill. s the kind of screwup that should not take place. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from welve rise -- from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in awe of the penn state university women's volleyball team. we often here in this chamber about undefeated or championship teams. but rarely have a heard about this. these nittany line lyons hasn't lost a game since 2007, they have a record 18 consecutive ncaa victories and they beat the university of texas lady longhorns for their third consecutive championship. i can't say enough about the team and its leaders masme began hodge became just the fifth player in division one history to be named first-team all american four years in a row and also was named the american volleyball coach's association national player of the year for
and medicare advantage coverage. that's why we shouldn't be rushing to judgment on the health care bill. s the kind of screwup that should not take place. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from welve rise -- from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in awe of the penn state university women's volleyball team. we often here in this chamber...
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i am thinking about social security and medicare. when they first started social security, there were about 35 workers per retired person. now it is 3-1 or so. why is not social security and medicare tied to productivity? the average worker is giving the amount of work of 30 people. is there not a way that social security could be based on productivity and there is a corporate tax on corporate -- productivity? i know it seems like i am thaksin productivity, but is there not a way that we could connect productivity to this? that is my reason for calling. guest: give him a seat on the bipartisan commission. that is interesting idea. i will address the question of social security and productivity. social security has always been seen as a pension plan. when productivity goes up, and means that workers produce more per hour, and therefore, they earn higher salaries. then their salaries go up and the formulas that determine their benefits also go up. that is one of the issues we have with social security. as long as there is a link betwee
i am thinking about social security and medicare. when they first started social security, there were about 35 workers per retired person. now it is 3-1 or so. why is not social security and medicare tied to productivity? the average worker is giving the amount of work of 30 people. is there not a way that social security could be based on productivity and there is a corporate tax on corporate -- productivity? i know it seems like i am thaksin productivity, but is there not a way that we could...
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let me talk about medicare. medicare will be broken in eight years if we do nothing. right now we give about $17 billion in subsidies to insurance companies through the medicare system. your tax dollars. but when we try to eliminate them, suddenly there are ads on tv -- "obama is trying to cut medicare." i'd get all these seniors are writing letters -- "what are you trying to cut medicare benefits?" i am not try to cut medicare benefits. i am trying to stop paying these insurance companies all this money so that we can give you a more stable program. [applause] the point is this -- not of the big issues that we face in this country are simple. everybody wants to act like it is simple. everybody wants to say that they can be done easily. but they are complicated, they are tough. the health-care system is a big, complicated system, and doing it right is hard. energy -- if we want to be energy independent, i am for more oil production, i am for new forms of energy, time for a safe nuclear energy. i'm not ideological about this. but we also have to acknowledge that if we
let me talk about medicare. medicare will be broken in eight years if we do nothing. right now we give about $17 billion in subsidies to insurance companies through the medicare system. your tax dollars. but when we try to eliminate them, suddenly there are ads on tv -- "obama is trying to cut medicare." i'd get all these seniors are writing letters -- "what are you trying to cut medicare benefits?" i am not try to cut medicare benefits. i am trying to stop paying these...
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the envision to pay for democrat health care will harm medicare and devastate medicare advantage. passing the democrat's health care bill will harm our economy at a time when we need to focus on creating jobs. i urge seniors to tell their democrat representatives to vote no on this job-killing, deficit-raising bill. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. maloney: madam speaker, the joint economic committee, which i chair, has just launched a nonpartisan outreach, looking for new and creative ideas to accelerate job creation in our struggling economy. the g.e.s. is looking for ideas that come from outside the bubble of the beltway and that may be outside the box of conventional thinking. we are surveying executives at fortune 100 companies as well as leading small businesses across america looking for their ideas and innovation. the administration has already identified some of the things we must do to cre
the envision to pay for democrat health care will harm medicare and devastate medicare advantage. passing the democrat's health care bill will harm our economy at a time when we need to focus on creating jobs. i urge seniors to tell their democrat representatives to vote no on this job-killing, deficit-raising bill. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the...
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but the doctor says he's concerned that the legislation may cut medicare reimbursement rates to this and other hospitals, as well as cut the additional government subsidies, howard receives for treating so many uninsured patients. >> dr. robenson we're going over the game plan. >> still fmore people have health insurance and able to build a relationship with a primary care physician, doctors hope this will mean fewer expensive late stage treatments. >> the idea of having insurance will at least ensure that those patients or those people will have at least access to more preventive care. >> if they're entering the health care arena earlier, lets say seeing their primary care physician and not utilizing the higher resources after emergency room, then that's also better for hospitals. >> provided that there are enough primary care physicians to handle the expected increase in patients. currently, there's a shortage of these docs, more medical students are going into lucrative specialties, but med schools such as howard are trying to change that. >> here at howard and other medical schoo
but the doctor says he's concerned that the legislation may cut medicare reimbursement rates to this and other hospitals, as well as cut the additional government subsidies, howard receives for treating so many uninsured patients. >> dr. robenson we're going over the game plan. >> still fmore people have health insurance and able to build a relationship with a primary care physician, doctors hope this will mean fewer expensive late stage treatments. >> the idea of having...
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two quick points -- the way to save medicare is just like private health insurance companies. sell medicare policies of full premiums to people like me -- denver, healthier people to offset the others who use up the money. a way to create jobs in this country is not health insurance companies' but liability/workers comp insurance companies. to deny coverage for claims to small, medium, and large businesses for undocumented claims that arise out of the hiring of the work done by undocumented workers -- if there was no liability insurance coverage, workers' comp liability coverage, not health insurance for those climbclaims arising from work done by undocumented workers, they would not hire this people and we would get all americans and taxpayers back on the roll. host: another headline on politics. bo biden bows out. he was the potential delegate. he will stay in his position as attorney general in delaware. dems go on the attack, they write. some of the questions in a memo and the way to force that on opponents. you can read that in political. the last phone call here, howie.
two quick points -- the way to save medicare is just like private health insurance companies. sell medicare policies of full premiums to people like me -- denver, healthier people to offset the others who use up the money. a way to create jobs in this country is not health insurance companies' but liability/workers comp insurance companies. to deny coverage for claims to small, medium, and large businesses for undocumented claims that arise out of the hiring of the work done by undocumented...
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it will raise taxes, hurt medicare, destroy jobs, and run our nation deeper into debt. that is not anything to a club about. it is not in the interest of our state and our country. we can do better. [chanting "yes w2e can"] when i travel throughout the state, i've had a lot of fun. if you guys are all having fun. thank you. we have more of a show coming for you. when in washington, i will work in the senate with democrats and republicans to reform health care in an open and honest way. no more closed-door meetings or back room deals by an out of touch party leadership. no more hiding costs, concealing taxes, collaborating with special interests, and leaving more trillions in debt for our children to pay. in health care, we need to start fresh, work together, and do the job right. once again, we can do better. i will work in the senate to put government back on the side of people who create jobs, and the millions of people who need jobs - and as president john f. kennedy taught us, that starts with an across the board tax cuts for businesses to create jobs, but more mone
it will raise taxes, hurt medicare, destroy jobs, and run our nation deeper into debt. that is not anything to a club about. it is not in the interest of our state and our country. we can do better. [chanting "yes w2e can"] when i travel throughout the state, i've had a lot of fun. if you guys are all having fun. thank you. we have more of a show coming for you. when in washington, i will work in the senate with democrats and republicans to reform health care in an open and honest...
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group of americans called the baby boomers are going to retire, and the cost of social security and medicare is going to skyrocket. these are promises we have to keep to seniors because they pay for it, but we have no idea of how we're going to keep those promises to seniors right now, particularly in light of the current economic situation. as we look at where we are, we need to recognize how we got there. and as i've talked to banks, businesses, foreign financial ministers from europe who have come here, everyone agrees that there are two major causes of the economic problems here and around the world. and one is the high leverage or the high borrowing that went on because of the loose monetary policy at the federal reserve. easy money, cheap money encouraged companies and individuals to borrow more than they could afford to pay back because it was easy to get and cheap. the big banks on wall street could more easily borrow money than to raise capital. those were incentives created by the policies at the federal reserve. the second problem is what we are calling toxic assets, which are sec
group of americans called the baby boomers are going to retire, and the cost of social security and medicare is going to skyrocket. these are promises we have to keep to seniors because they pay for it, but we have no idea of how we're going to keep those promises to seniors right now, particularly in light of the current economic situation. as we look at where we are, we need to recognize how we got there. and as i've talked to banks, businesses, foreign financial ministers from europe who...
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and nothing was done about health care except for the part d medicare which me snuck through in the middle of the night. i watched it all night. i am a democrat but i listen to fox. i listen to glenn beck, hasity, o'riley, chris matthews, keith observerman. i christen to it all -- keith olbermann. i listened to it all. i didn't graduate high school. i went back and got a job and they sent me back to school. the constitution says -- i hear you saying about the constitution says this and says that. the constitution never said that you had to have firemen to take care of anybody's house to take care of a fire. the constitution never said you have to have insurance on cars. if you have a car you have to have it insured. host: james, what would you like michael steele to address? caller: why did they lose the race in maryland if they were such a great listener? guest: well, governorer lick and i did -- governor erlich and i did the unthinkable. the last republican governor before governor was speer agnew. and the people of maryland decided they wanted to take a different course. i think when yo
and nothing was done about health care except for the part d medicare which me snuck through in the middle of the night. i watched it all night. i am a democrat but i listen to fox. i listen to glenn beck, hasity, o'riley, chris matthews, keith observerman. i christen to it all -- keith olbermann. i listened to it all. i didn't graduate high school. i went back and got a job and they sent me back to school. the constitution says -- i hear you saying about the constitution says this and says...
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in and talking about controlling costs , when on the first day he came in he could have gotten that medicare bill repealed. the fundamental state of our union needs to be flawed when no one will take responsibility for the state of our union, but just told the ideological or business ties as the motivation for their lives, as opposed to the founding fathers. guest: thank you for that comment. esolution expressing support for designation of january as poverty in america awareness month. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the host: rep chris van hollen, what do you want to hear from the president? guest: and little recap of where we have been the last year. the president will point out a
in and talking about controlling costs , when on the first day he came in he could have gotten that medicare bill repealed. the fundamental state of our union needs to be flawed when no one will take responsibility for the state of our union, but just told the ideological or business ties as the motivation for their lives, as opposed to the founding fathers. guest: thank you for that comment. esolution expressing support for designation of january as poverty in america awareness month. the...
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and nothing was done about health care except for the part d medicare which me snuck through in the middle of the night. i watched it all night. i am a democrat but i listen to fox. i listen to glenn beck, hasity, o'riley, chris matthews, keith observerman. i christen to it all -- keith olbermann. i listened to it all. i didn't graduate high school. i went back and got a job and they sent me back to school. the constitution says -- i hear you saying about the constitution says this and says that. the constitution never said that you had to have firemen to take care of anybody's house to take care of a fire. the constitution never said you have to have insurance on cars. if you have a car you have to have it insured. host: james, what would you like michael steele to address? caller: why did they lose the race in maryland if they were such a great listener? guest: well, governorer lick and i did -- governor erlich and i did the unthinkable. the last republican governor before governor was speer agnew. and the people of maryland decided they wanted to take a different course. i think when yo
and nothing was done about health care except for the part d medicare which me snuck through in the middle of the night. i watched it all night. i am a democrat but i listen to fox. i listen to glenn beck, hasity, o'riley, chris matthews, keith observerman. i christen to it all -- keith olbermann. i listened to it all. i didn't graduate high school. i went back and got a job and they sent me back to school. the constitution says -- i hear you saying about the constitution says this and says...
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. >> but just look backward for medicare. [laughter] >> just for you, just for you. look, i think there was a moment in time where disney stock was $20 a share. because i ultimately i am a finance major. i start a little bit from the business perspective. obviously you have to love the strategic perspective. espn has been a terrific business. business channel, then done incredible things. family channel was once a really bad deal. now looks like a great channel. disney is firing wonderfully. we were right after 2001 theme park attendance was at a low. there was a shareholder revolt going on. there was the founding family say we want change. there was a vote coming up, and somehow, right or wrong, there was discussion between parties involved with both companies on a back channel basis that said, maybe now that you've done a at&t, you'd like to come in and put our two companies together. we openly throughout that idea. they said no thank you. and pretty quickly we said, we are not in the business to go in and completely disrupt and over pay and stock today's 30, up fr
. >> but just look backward for medicare. [laughter] >> just for you, just for you. look, i think there was a moment in time where disney stock was $20 a share. because i ultimately i am a finance major. i start a little bit from the business perspective. obviously you have to love the strategic perspective. espn has been a terrific business. business channel, then done incredible things. family channel was once a really bad deal. now looks like a great channel. disney is firing...
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states citizens returned from foreign countries to provide necessary funding to avoid shortfalls in the medicare program for low-income qualifying individuals and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown-waite, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognized the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, be allowed to control 10 minutes of the time for debate on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcdermott: i ask that all members have five elect slative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on s. 2949. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, two weeks ago, the largest earthquake in haiti wreaked havoc throughout the country. some of those affected are u.s. citizens now being evacuated back to the united states. we need tookt today to continue a program that helps the americans get back home. the repatriateu
states citizens returned from foreign countries to provide necessary funding to avoid shortfalls in the medicare program for low-income qualifying individuals and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown-waite, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognized the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, be...